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Have you ever been to a Thai restaurant? Have you had certain dishes that you can never figure out what’s in them. Your tastebuds go, “what just happened?!” The visual, aromas, flavors and colors are still lingering on in your mind for the next couple of days? Well, it is my job to demystify those secrets for you. Today, I am going to share with you a recipe that my students LOVE. It is yummy, easy to make, easy to find ingredients, very low in fat and best of all, it will turn you into the most desirable friend, spouse or anything in between. You will have that POWER! I will show you how to make Spicy Thai Glass Noodles.

I like to have my spicy glass noodles with lots of lettuce. It helps cool down the spiciness of the dish and also, adds fiber to your diet. You’ll love it.

You must think I’m joking and playing around with this name after I pulled the Clawed-ine joke. 😀 Tom Yum is actually a name of a soup that is one of the most famous soups in the world. It is the Thai spicy and sour soup. Usually with shrimp or chicken in it. The soup is chicken broth or vegetable broth-based soup, so it is quite light. A good friend of mine went on a diet of this soup for two months along with eating sufficient servings of fresh whole fruits and vegetables and lost a significant amount of weight. Of course, this is not meant to starve you into being thin, because it is unhealhty. If 5-6 small light meals are the ticket to great health, Tom Yum totally fits the bill. The soup is very satifying, because of all the flavors you get and it is not over powered by fatty creams and too much protein. And you serve it with rice, so it is plenty filling.

Here is how you make it.

Ingredients:

3 cups chicken broth

1 stalk lemongrass, mashed and cut at an angle

3 slices of galangal (it’s ok to use fresh ginger root for substitute, but galangal is better, if you can find it.)

6-10 shrimp ( I like to buy whole and I de-vein and peel them and leave the head and tail on. Don’t freak out. It adds such great flavors to the soup. But you can totaly use whatever shrimp you like. :))